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French Revolution quiz

Sarah Egan 10 questions 1,849 views 4.1 (21 ratings) Updated 14 Jul 2017

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  1. 1The ruler of France in 1789 was:Image for question 1
    1. AMarie Antoinette
    2. BLouis XVI
    3. CLouis XIV
    4. DMaximilian Robespierre
  2. 2Before the revolution, France had run up a large debt because:
    1. AThe price of wood had risen and they needed wood for guillotines
    2. BThe French gave money to the British to fight back against the colonies in America
    3. CThe French sent armies to support the colonies in the American War of Independence
    4. DThey spent a lot of money on starting a diamond mine in South Africa to get diamonds for Marie Antoinette's tiaras
  3. 3The First Estate = [blank_start]___________[blank_end]
    1. AClergy
    2. BNobles
    3. CShopkeepers
  4. 4The Second Estate = [blank_start]_________[blank_end]
    1. Anobles
    2. Bmedia
    3. Ccolonists
  5. 5The Third Estate = [blank_start]________[blank_end]
    1. Awomen
    2. Bcommoners
    3. Cthe army
  6. 6The Bastille was the King's palaceImage for question 6
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  7. 7The storming of the Bastille happened on:
    1. AJuly 4th 1776
    2. BJuly 4th 1789
    3. CJuly 14th 1776
    4. DJuly 14th 1789
  8. 8The following is a slogan of the French Revolution:Image for question 8
    1. ALiberté, égalité, fraternité!
    2. BNo taxation without representation!
    3. CHome Rule is Rome Rule!
    4. DLes Misérables a enriché Cameron Mackintosh!
  9. 9Louis XVI died:
    1. AFrom a gunshot wound received in Battle with the British
    2. BBy being executed by firing squad on the orders of Robespierre
    3. CBy being beheaded with a guillotine after being found guilty of treason
    4. DWhen Marie Antoinette drove the Royal Carriage off the road
  10. 10Robespierre was the President of:
    1. AThe League of Pro-American Frenchmen
    2. BThe Committee of Public Safety
    3. CThe Guillotine and Stocks Makers and Manufacturers Union
    4. DThe Society for the Abolition of Clerical Authority

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questions on background and people involved in the 1789 French Revolution
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Created on 28 Oct 2015 · updated on 14 Jul 2017
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